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Racial and ethnic differences in incident hospitalized heart failure in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health InitiativeCharles B Eaton
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Director, Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster St, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Circulation 126:688-96. 2012..The differences in the incidence of heart failure by race/ethnicity and the potential mechanisms for these differences are largely unexplored in women...
Novel proteins associated with risk for coronary heart disease or stroke among postmenopausal women identified by in-depth plasma proteome profilingRoss L Prentice
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98102, USA
Genome Med 2:48. 2010..CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION : ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000611...- The cross-sectional relationship of hemoglobin levels and functional outcomes in women with self-reported osteoarthritis: results from the Women's Health InitiativeCharles B Eaton
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Semin Arthritis Rheum 41:406-14. 2011.... 
HyperlipidemiaCharles B Eaton
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Prim Care 32:1027-55, viii. 2005..This article reviews lipoprotein metabolism, its pathophysiology, describes an approach for the management of patients with lipid disorders and discusses therapy using the ATP III guidelines...- A retrospective study of the relationship between biomarkers of atherosclerosis and erectile dysfunction in 988 menC B Eaton
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Int J Impot Res 19:218-25. 2007..Future studies evaluating the prospective association of ED, endothelial function and cardiovascular disease appear warranted... - Prospective association of vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) with coronary heart disease mortality in southeastern New EnglandCharles B Eaton
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of RI, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Atherosclerosis 200:221-7. 2008.... - Teaching nutrition skills to primary care practitionersCharles B Eaton
Department of Family Medicine, Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Brown Medical School, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
J Nutr 133:563S-6S. 2003.... - Using e-health to improve cholesterol management in primary care practiceCharles B Eaton
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of RI, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
J Med Pract Manage 24:224-30. 2009..The efficacy of these programs in improving cholesterol management in five primary care practices is described... - The association of low selenium and renal insufficiency with coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality: NHANES III follow-up studyCharles B Eaton
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, and Department of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI 02860, United States
Atherosclerosis 212:689-94. 2010.... - Traditional and emerging risk factors for cardiovascular diseaseCharles B Eaton
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Prim Care 32:963-76, vii. 2005..Risk factors are diseases, physiologic states, biologic markers, or other identifiable factors associated with increased incidence of CVD. This article breaks down traditional, emerging,and possible risk factors for discussion... - Can reduced or modified dietary fat prevent cardiovascular disease?Charles B Eaton
Department of Family Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am Fam Physician 65:53-5. 2002 - Effect of statin (HMG-Co-A-Reductase Inhibitor) use on 1-year mortality and hospitalization rates in older patients with cardiovascular disease living in nursing homesCharles B Eaton
Department of Family Medicine, Brown Medical School, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1389-95. 2002..To quantify the effect of statins on 1-year mortality, hospitalizations, and decline in physical function among patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) aged 65 and older living in nursing homes... - Direct observation of nutrition counseling in community family practiceCharles B Eaton
Department of Family Medicine, Brown Medical School, Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:174-9. 2002..Despite the large potential of dietary changes to reduce morbidity and mortality, the frequency, time spent, and factors associated with nutrition counseling in primary care are not well studied... - Effects of a community-based intervention on physical activity: the Pawtucket Heart Health ProgramC B Eaton
Department of Family Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket 02860, USA
Am J Public Health 89:1741-4. 1999..The effect of a community-based physical activity program in Pawtucket, RI, was evaluated relative to one in a comparison community... - Obesity as a risk factor for osteoarthritis: mechanical versus metabolicCharles B Eaton
Department of Family Medicine Memorial Hospital of RI 111 Brewster St Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Med Health R I 87:201-4. 2004..The Osteoarthritis Initiative will help us understand these associations and allow us to evaluate new biomarkers for symptomatic incident and progression of established knee OA as well as the relationship of obesity and generalized OA... - Prospective association of vitamin D concentrations with mortality in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI)Charles B Eaton
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 94:1471-8. 2011..Prospective epidemiologic data on the association between vitamin D and all-cause and cause-specific mortality are limited... - Translating cholesterol guidelines into primary care practice: a multimodal cluster randomized trialCharles B Eaton
Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:528-37. 2011..Further research on how to incorporate and increase adoption of user-friendly, patient-centered e-health tools to improve screening and management of chronic diseases and their risk factors is warranted... - Effect of antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents on risk of hospitalization for bleeding among a population of elderly nursing home stroke survivorsB J Quilliam
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Stroke 32:2299-304. 2001..07; 95% CI, 0.96 to 1.18) after adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: Although present, the risk associated with use of these agents is small. The numbers needed to treat to harm 1 resident with aspirin and warfarin were 467 and 126, respectively... - Patients' perceptions of cholesterol, cardiovascular disease risk, and risk communication strategiesRoberta E Goldman
Department of Family Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:205-12. 2006..We undertook a qualitative study that explored patients' perceptions of cholesterol and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and their reactions to 3 strategies for communicating CVD risk... - Renewing primary care: lessons learned from the Spanish health care systemJeffrey Borkan
Department of Family Medicine at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1432-41. 2010..Despite concerns familiar to Americans--about future shortages of primary care physicians and relatively low status and pay for these physicians--the principles underlying the Spanish reforms offer lessons for the United States... - A qualitative study of individuals at risk for or who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: what do they understand about their disease?Donna R Parker
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Lung 186:313-6. 2008..Providing patients with their lung age at the point of diagnosis may be an optimum time to promote behavioral change and will require further investigation... - Intraclass correlation coefficients for cluster randomized trials in primary care: the cholesterol education and research trial (CEART)Donna R Parker
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 26:260-7. 2005..Overall, the ICCs presented will be useful in calculating sample sizes at the primary care level... - Change in hemoglobin A(1c) and C-reactive protein levels in patients with diabetes mellitusSameed Ahmed M Khatana
Target Research Enhancement Program at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908, USA
J Cardiometab Syndr 4:76-80. 2009..2). These results suggest that CRP effects may not be adequate to predict changes in cardiovascular risk among diabetic patients and should not be a surrogate for achieving evidence-based goals in traditional cardiovascular risk factors... - Does cardiovascular risk reduction alleviate erectile dysfunction in men with type II diabetes mellitus?S A M Khatana
Target Research Enhancement Program, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908, USA
Int J Impot Res 20:501-6. 2008..0% were significantly associated with change in IIEF-5 (P=0.01, P=0.01, P=0.04, respectively). These results suggest that improved blood pressure and glycemic control in men with diabetes may lead to an improvement in ED... - Incident diabetes in relation to weight patterns during middle ageMolly E Waring
Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:550-6. 2010..This study underscores the importance of obesity in diabetes risk and the importance of preventing the development of overweight and obesity earlier in life... - Antipsychotic use and the risk of hip fracture among older adults afflicted with dementiaJessica J Jalbert
Department of Community Health Epidemiology, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:120-7. 2010..To quantify the association between use of antipsychotic (AP) medications and the risk of hip fracture among older adults residing in a nursing home (NH) and afflicted with dementia... - Association of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers with keratinocyte cancer prevention in the randomized VATTC trialJennifer B Christian
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1223-32. 2008..We evaluated associations between use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and keratinocyte cancer incidence in a population at high risk of the disease... - Documentation and management of overweight and obesity in primary careMolly E Waring
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 22:544-52. 2009..We examined overweight/obesity management in primary care in relation to body mass index (BMI), documentation of weight status, and comorbidities... - Correlates of weight patterns during middle age characterized by functional principal components analysisMolly E Waring
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Ann Epidemiol 20:201-9. 2010..Describing weight trajectories using functional methods may further our understanding of how weight impacts health. We characterize weight patterns and describe correlates of these patterns... - Effect of language on colorectal cancer screening among Latinos and non-LatinosJoseph A Diaz
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of RI, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2169-73. 2008..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between language and receipt of CRC screening tests among Latinos and non-Latinos using a geographically diverse, population-based sample of adults... - Impact of coil design on the contrast-to-noise ratio, precision, and consistency of quantitative cartilage morphometry at 3 Tesla: a pilot study for the osteoarthritis initiativeFelix Eckstein
Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, and Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, USA
Magn Reson Med 57:448-54. 2007..The higher CNR of the PA coil did not translate directly into improved precision of cartilage measurement; however, summing up cartilage plates within the medial and lateral compartment reduced precision errors... - Flow-mediated vasodilation predicts the presence and extent of coronary artery disease assessed by stress thallium imagingWen-Chih Wu
Division of Cardiology, Providence VA Medical Center, Brown Medical School, 830 Challkstone, Providence, RI 02908, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 12:538-44. 2005..After RF adjustment, FMD remained as the strongest predictor of scintigraphic CAD (odds ratio, 10.96; 95% confidence interval, 2.82-57.31). CONCLUSION: FMD independently predicts the presence and extent of scintigraphic CAD... - Self-rated cardiovascular risk and 15-year cardiovascular mortalityRobert Gramling
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Ann Fam Med 6:302-6. 2008..We evaluated whether lower self-ratings of CVD risk are associated with lower rates of CVD death after addressing potential confounding by an extensive set of social and biologic CVD risk factors... - Development and evaluation of the nutrition component of the Rapid Eating and Activity Assessment for Patients (REAP): a new tool for primary care providersKim M Gans
Brown University Institute for Community Health Promotion, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 38:286-92. 2006..To describe the evaluation of the REAP in terms of its reliability, validity, and ease of use by primary care providers... - Multidisciplinary group behavioral and pharmacologic intervention for cardiac risk reduction in diabetes: a pilot studyOanh J Martin
Pharmacy Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:118-27. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary team providing both education and medication management in a group setting for cardiac risk reduction in patients with diabetes mellitus... - Physicians' perceptions of barriers and facilitators regarding adoption of the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelinesDonna R Parker
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Prev Cardiol 11:29-35. 2008..Opportunities may exist for improving adherence to cholesterol guidelines by providing training to providers and developing structural support through patient-physician activation tools... - Envisaging and applying a unifying three-dimensional theoretical framework for generalist physiciansSean P David
Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Med Health R I 87:336-40. 2004 - History of the predoctoral division in the department of family medicine at Brown Medical SchoolJulie Scott Taylor
Brown Medical School, USA
Med Health R I 89:276, 280. 2006 - Building a successful research enterprise in family medicine: the Brown experienceSean P David
Brown Medical School, USA
Med Health R I 89:281-4. 2006 - Preoperative hematocrit levels and postoperative outcomes in older patients undergoing noncardiac surgeryWen Chih Wu
Target Research Enhancement Program, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Community Health, Providence, RI, USA
JAMA 297:2481-8. 2007..Despite nearly universal screening of patients for abnormal preoperative hematocrit levels, limited evidence demonstrates the adverse effects of preoperative anemia or polycythemia... - Relationship between Mediterranean Diet Score and atherothrombotic risk: findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994Stephanie J Carter
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
Atherosclerosis 210:630-6. 2010..Mediterranean diet has been promoted as the preferred dietary model for cardiovascular disease prevention in the United States... - Relationship of periodontal attachment loss to peripheral vascular disease: an analysis of NHANES 1999-2002 dataBing Lu
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, USA
Atherosclerosis 200:199-205. 2008..We therefore sought to evaluate the relationship of periodontal disease to PVD... - Practice patterns related to the Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines in primary careCharles B Eaton
Am J Cardiol 90:687. 2002 - Sexual satisfaction and cardiovascular disease: the Women's Health InitiativeJennifer S McCall-Hosenfeld
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Med 121:295-301. 2008..We investigated whether dissatisfaction with sexual activity, a domain of female sexual dysfunction, is associated with prevalent and incident cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women... - Conjugated equine estrogens and coronary heart disease: the Women's Health InitiativeJudith Hsia
Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:357-65. 2006..These trials did not address the role of unopposed estrogen for coronary protection... - Common genetic variation in calpain-10 gene (CAPN10) and diabetes risk in a multi-ethnic cohort of American postmenopausal womenYiqing Song
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Hum Mol Genet 16:2960-71. 2007..37 for haplotypes in block 2). In conclusion, we did not observe any significant associations of the common SNPs or haplotypes across the CAPN10 gene with diabetes risk in our large and ethnically diverse cohort of postmenopausal women... - Using cardiovascular age equivalent to close the treatment gap for dyslipidemiaCharles B Eaton
Arch Intern Med 167:2288. 2007 - Abdominal aortic aneurysm events in the women's health initiative: cohort studyFrank A Lederle
VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
BMJ 337:a1724. 2008..To assess the association between potential risk factors and subsequent clinically important abdominal aortic aneurysm events (repairs and ruptures) in women... - Statin use and incident frailty in women aged 65 years or older: prospective findings from the Women's Health Initiative Observational StudyAndrea Z LaCroix
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:369-75. 2008..This study examines associations between current use, duration, and potency of statin medications and incident frailty in initially nonfrail women 65 years old or older... - Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of treated diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trialLesley F Tinker
Women s Health Initiative, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, PO Box 19024, Mail Stop M3 A410, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1500-11. 2008..This study was undertaken to assess the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on incidence of treated diabetes among generally healthy postmenopausal women...
Research Grants
- LINKING RESOURCES FOR BROWN MEDICAL NUTRITION EDUCATIONCharles Eaton; Fiscal Year: 2002....
- Translating ATP III Cholesterol Management Guidelines *Charles Eaton; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..